The Online special developed by
Keith Mckenzie with Plus Value Awareness
Available all year round and supports dancing events every April
Autism Dance Day - 26th April
International Dance Day - 29th April
This online special will present a number of specialised projects and development which is aimed to change attitudes towards Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Social Anxiety when dancing. Also to encourage more people with hidden differences to dance regardless of background, abilities and difficulties.
Available all year round, this online feature was originally created to support Autism Dance Day and International Dance Day. This is also developed with the Project Director's website and social media.
On this website
New
for this year's event
Open mind
The themed information page to remind inclusive dancing
For Autism Dance Day & International Dance Day & beyond
On WordPress (insight blog)
New for this year
Blog: Open Mind, Patience and Encourgement
A summary of positive encourgament
On Social Media
"Be Bold, Be Birmingham" video campaign
Featuring an interview with the Project Director on Birmingham's legacy since the Commonwealth Games
via Birmingham City Council's YouTube channel
On the project director's website
New for this year
Blog: Ableism in Dancing
Challenges and prejudices from the Project Director's Prespective
Dancing Direction
The online feature on the dancing related projects and developments by the Project Director
Support events Statement
Statement for Autism Dance Day
Dancing is a universal language which can bring the best out of others. Everyone living on the autistic spectrum should have the right to to express themselves through dancing without barriers and obstacles. As well as the positive benefits, dancing in inspiring and bring the best out of others. Everyone needs to remove negative barriers which enable more autistic people to dance and to denonstate the positive passions.
Statement for International Dance Day
Dancing is an expressive artform which breaks across all types of cultures language and backgrounds. It brings spirit, passion, energy, emotion and much more.
So regardless of background, culture, abilities, disabilities or difficulties, everyone should have the right to dance without barriers and obstacles.
Event Information
Autism Dance Day
Anna Kennedy Online presents a special annual online and social media event which has existed for the past 13 years since 2011 by the Award-winning awareness campaigner Anna Kennedy OBE. The day demonstrates how dancing is inspiring and can be beneficial for autistic people. Event also Showcase talents from the autistic spectrum of all ages and all types of backgrounds.
International Dance Day
The worldwide annual event is developed and promoted by the France and China based organisation "The Dance Committee of ITI (International Thetare Institute)" since 1982.
The 29th of April marks her birthday of iconic modern ballet dancer Jean-Georges Noverne (1727-1810). To celebrate dancing regardless of political culture ethnic and other backgrounds. Who in the fine dancing as a universal communication regardless of language and abilities.
Explore the organisations who are promoting events and is embracing Dancing in April
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About Embrace Dancing Special
Embace Dancing is a special feature the project director was developed in April 2023 for supporting Autism Dance Day and International Dance Day. With the overall aim for everyone including with hidden differences to celebrate a positive form of expression and activity. Orginally it was presented online and Social media in late April and throughout May, however since the feedback this online special is now availaible all year round. The "Embrace Dancing" special appears on the this website and over on the Keith Mckenzie website along with Social Media.
In April 2023 a new mini project was launched to coincide the launch this online special Plus Value Awareness project to improve inclusiveness of hidden differences with dance activities and envionments titled "Inclusive to Dance". In October the project expanded with introducing a family of inclusivity pledges.
For supporting Autism Dance Day in 2023, the Project Director, Keith Mckenzie was featured on social media in a salsa dancing video for supporting this year's Autism Dance Day with Professional and teacher Jayne Emily Turpin.
In January 2024 the Embrace Dancing feature expanded with the inclusivity dancing suggestion documents "Beyond Understanding" with the documents availble for everyone to acces and download the two specially developed publications
The Embrace dancing special also provides online links to the community related video campaign featuring the project director by Birmingham City Council to showcase Birmingham's legacy since hosting the Commonwealth Games.
On the Project Director's website an the online feature on my dancing related developments including dance class assistant and a participant at dancing conventions. It also includles dancing related creative and design projects including marketing for a legendary dance studio in the Midlands.
To support the dancing events in April 2024, a specially themed project was created under the title "Open Mind" to encourage change of perceptions. In addition, two blog articles were made with one linked with the "Open Mind" theme. In the second blog, the Project Director shares his personal experiences and the challenges of ableism in dancing. A new addition for supporting this year's events is the family of downloadable inclusivity pledges which was developed in Noevember 2023.
Please note
Some of the information also applies to Neurodiversity, Invisible Disabilities and with Anxiety
Supporting
Autism Dance Day
International Dance Day
Emabace Dancing is an online special during April & May & available all year round
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The description “Hidden Differences” are used for this initiative which covers independent, intelligent and articulate adults and young people who live with specific difficulties which as hidden and would not be visually obviously at first impression. The examples including memory, on the spot thinking ability, communication, reading, writing & calculation. These example above mainly relates certain people with Autism (at mild level), ADHD, Social Anxiety, Dyspraxia and Dyslexia. This initiative also features Social Anxiety.
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